Legal Opinion
Nicholas v. Morgan
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided November 12, 2002No. 96,195PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDREAU, Justice.
¶ 1 This is an appeal by the State Insurance Fund 1 (Fund) from the district court’s dismissal of its petition for intervention in a legal malpractice action. 2 The dispositive question presented on certiorari is whether the right of the insurance carrier prescribed by 85 O.S.1991, § 44(a) for pro tanto reimbursement of workers’ compensation benefits paid extends to the proceeds of the injured worker’s legal malpractice action against his attorney for failure to timely commence an action against the third-party tortfeasor. We answer in the affirmative. We hold the district…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Arrow Tool & Gauge v. MeadSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2000
- Chocktoot v. SmithOregon Supreme Court · 1977
- Moser v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1986
- Frazier v. New Jersey Manufacturers InsuranceSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1995
- Parkhill Truck Co. v. WilsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1942
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Burnham v. Humphrey Hospitality Reit Trust, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2005
- Brown v. PatelSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2007
- Chandler (U.S.A.), Inc. v. TyreeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2004
- Colorado Coffee Bean, LLC v. Peaberry Coffee Inc.Colorado Court of Appeals · 2010
- Worsham v. NixSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2006
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